Are you tired of copying and pasting your credentials when you login to websites? Would you like to automate these actions in quick and secure way?

Today, I am reviewing Dashlane, my favorite password manager. I use it daily and it’s a must have tool for serious bloggers and marketers.

What Is Dashlane?

Dashlane is a password manager and secure digital wallet. It helps you keep track of your passwords. It lets you automatically log in on every website and every device.

What Are the Primary Benefits of Dashlane?

Dashlane saves time during login. It will automatically fill the user name, password and other critical information when I login to a website. You can use it for your marketing activities (see use cases below), bank account login, memberships, forums, Amazon and, everything you can imagine.

What Makes Dashlane Different?

There are several password manager solutions on the market. I’ve tried many until I found Dashlane.

How Your Data Is Protected

Your passwords are always generated locally by the Dashlane application, and they are transmitted securely or encrypted when updating your passwords on Web sites. All information transmitted to Web pages (including security questions and Two-Factor Authentication codes if required by a site) is done securely, just like if you were logging into individual websites yourself and changing passwords manually.

Only you know your passwords. They are only saved in your Dashlane account, which is protected using your master password and secure AES-256 encryption. No one has access to your data in your Dashlane account except you – not even the staff at Dashlane!

Importing Data From a Previous Password Manager

Prior using Dashlane, I was using another password manager. I needed to migrate that information to Dashlane. That was easy. From the Dashlane import menu, I imported all of my login information and secure notes.

Dashlane Login

On my desktop, I use both Chrome and Firefox. I installed the Dashlane extension for both of them. These extensions will manage the form filling and login automation. Whenever I type a URL that requires a login, Dashlane will react in two ways:

A known site: Dashlane checks whether I visited this site before and will fill the proper credential information for me.

A new site: the new website is asking to provide a user and password. After I fill-in the user name and move to the password field, Dashlane will create a strong password and it will save the new credentials, URL and website name in my Dashlane wallet.

Use Case: Affiliate Account Management

Dashlane is useful for my affiliate marketer daily tasks. Why? Because I am affiliate with several affiliate marketplaces (CJ, Rakuten, ShareASale, etc.) and many smaller affiliate programs. What if I need to check my commission status?

All I have to do is to keep my affiliate dashboard links in a spreadsheet. Clicking on a link opens a browser session with my affiliate account. Dashlane takes care of the rest. It logs me in right away.

Easy, isn’t it?

Use Case: Payments

Dashlane impressed me when I used it to pay my utility bill.

After Dashlane logged me in my oil company account, Dashlane did two things:

It filled the payment form with my credit card information (If you have several credit cards, Dashlane will ask you to select one)

It saved the receipt in my Dashlane wallet.

Here is the receipt:

Use Case: Multiple Google Accounts

Are you using multiple Google accounts? I have separate Gmail accounts for personal, business, Google ads, etc.

I’m always logged in my Google primary account. It’s always a pain to login a different Google account. Then logout and log back to the primary account. I use my primary account for Google Drive, Google Drawings, Google Sheets, etc. So it must be available 100% of the time.

So, how can Dashlane help? Here is how I use it:

I configured the Dashlane Chrome extension so it’s available in incognito mode.

I select one of them and i get logged into my account. When I am done, I close the incognito window. And my primary Google account never got logged out.

Dashlane Extras

Let’s finish that quick tour with some of my favorite Dashlane features.

Password Generator

Dashlane’s Password Generator tools automatically creates and auto-fills unique passwords for you, so you won’t have to overthink password patterns or reuse the same password. You can specify the password’s length and include numbers, letters, and symbols. Password Generator will also show the strength of the password, so you are confident your password is virtually unhackable.

You can access Dashlane’s password generator from both the Chrome extension and the main application.

Password Changer

Password Changer can automatically change the passwords for your sites. It works by logging in directly to these sites then generating a strong and unique randomly generated password for you and changing the password the site on your behalf.

Dashlane does everything in the background. You will only see the Dashlane window showing the status of each password change and confirmations that your passwords were successfully changed.

Simply select the password changer icon, then choose which passwords you want to change and Dashlane will do the work for you. It saves you time!

Security Dashboard

The security dashboard gives you a security score. If your bank account password is weak or has been reused on another website, it will obviously have a high impact on your Security Score.

Weak or reused passwords can be changed in one click:

Your full password analysis will give you more control on your security. The number in the circle lets you know how many passwords you have in this group.

Secure Sharing

Sharing data in emails or texts is not secure. This option enables you to securely share passwords and notes with individuals and groups.

You can choose between two permission settings: limited rights (the person(s) you share with can only use the items you share with them – they cannot view, edit, revoke access to, or share them with others) and full rights (the person(s) you share with can view, edit and share these items with others – they can also edit the sharing rights for these items and revoke access to them).

Note: with the free plan, you are limited to five shares.

Touch ID or PIN Code Lock

On a Touch ID device (e.g., iPhone), you can unlock Dashlane with your fingerprint. If you prefer, you can select a PIN code. Once one of these features has been enabled, they will replace your Master Password as your preferred authentication method.

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Support

I had a question and I opened a support ticket with Dashlane. As in many ticket systems, I received an automated response acknowledging my request. Soon after that, Dashlane’s support team emailed me a solution. I like that kind of service.

Dashlane also provides an extensive knowledge base with tutorials, use cases, help, etc.

Pricing

Dashlane is free to use. It also offers a paid option that has more features.

The figure below depicts both options.

You can start with the free plan. If you are interested into the paid plan, you can try it free for 30 days.

Paid Plan Features

Password Synchronization

Dashlane will synchronize your passwords across all devices. Keep your Dashlane synced to as many devices as you like.

Secure Account Backup

Safely encrypt and backup your account to the cloud, so you’ll always have a copy to restore from if you ever lose your device or get a new one.

U2F Two-Factor Authentication

FIDO-backed Universal Second Factor is the leading open standard for 2-factor authentication.

Web access to your passwords

Log in to your Dashlane account on Dashlane’s website from any browser, and access all your passwords, even if you have none of your Dashlane devices with you.

Overall Impressions

Dashlane simplifies login and form filling. It provides a secure place to store your passwords, secure notes, receipts and, other sensitive information. Dashlane encrypts your data locally and transmits your information in a secure manner. It will save you time, effort and will synchronize your information on all your devices (paid option).

Steve: I have heard about Dashlane before, but I have to look into a bit more, after reading your thorough review. I like the touch ID feature. Btw: Don’t you think the logotype has a vibe of the Deer Corp.?! 😉